A post a bit ago reminded me of one: When texting, I end sentences with punctuation 99% of the time. Apparently, this holds different meaning to younger people in at least the US. Thankfully, I’m not messaging any of those, but it still bugs me for no real, good reason.
Just don’t start… Adding elipses… All over…
Out of touch with what?
You know… “with it”.
I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary.
Every time my friends talk about whatever the new popular TV show is.
Me: “Um, I ate some edibles and watched a Law & Order marathon”.
No, it’s the children who are wrong.
I’m not out of touch. I am, however, way more picky now about what I choose to touch.
there are lots of things I don’t wann touch.
past couple of years most of my ability to socialize has collapsed because I can’t relate to other folks anymore.
mostly because they are miserable and I am not. and they think I’m miserable because I’m not agonizing about the things they agonize about endlessly, so we are just never going to find common ground. and i come across like a massive arrogant douchebag because I’m doing well where they are struggling. and what alienates me more is… the are not legitimately struggling in any way… but they have convinced themselves nobody has it worse than them… it’s just insufferable IMO.
i also lost like a dozen friends since the end of covid, because they went insane, but they are more ‘normal’ than I am because well, a lot of people went insane from covid and I legit loved it and came out way better off.
i also can’t relate to gen z and how totally miserable they are. even my own nephews/nieces all they want to do is agonize about how awful their life is and will be… despite objectively them being incredibly well off…
and i see a lot of this attitude all over the internet endlessly, which also sucks.
Maybe everyone is, in fact, suffering a bit.
the are not legitimately struggling in any way…
What does a legitimate struggle look like to you?
Not being able to afford first class plane tickets isn’t suffering.
But lots of folks seem to think it is.
Just like the weirdos here who think the world is abusing them because the price of RAM went up and and their $3000 Gaming PC is now $5000.
This idea that everyone is ‘suffering’ is so utterly absurd and akin to hippies thinking we are all ‘unenlightened’ because we’re not constantly tripping balls on lsd.
Have you ever been hungry? slept in the freezing cold? lived without medical or dental care? That is legitimate struggle and suffering. Not being a whiny bitch about how you’re not rich enough to afford luxuries that could feed people for years…
truth is maybe if folks did legit suffer they’d have more perspective on life. Daddy not buying you a Porsche for your birthday isn’t suffering, Daddy beating you on your birthday for wanting a birthday cake is. And sadly way too many people can’t seem to understand the difference anymore.
Let me help clear it up for you
Not being able to afford first class plane tickets isn’t suffering
They cant afford to travel at all, let alone an(y) airplane ticket.
Just like the weirdos here who think the world is abusing them because the price of RAM went up and and their $3000 Gaming PC is now $5000.
The gripe is an $850 gaming PC is now $3000
This idea that everyone is ‘suffering’ is so utterly absurd and akin to hippies thinking we are all ‘unenlightened’ because we’re not constantly tripping balls on lsd.
We cant afford LSD
Have you ever been hungry? slept in the freezing cold? lived without medical or dental care? That is legitimate struggle and suffering. Not being a whiny bitch about how you’re not rich enough to afford luxuries that could feed people for years…
- We are hungry (grocery prices are insane right now)
- We arent cold, we are hot (global warming)
- we cant afford medical or dental visits. Opting out as much as we can so we can buy groceries (see above)
- We definitely cant afford luxuries. We cant even buy something as necessary as our own home. We are renting because we dont have a down payment. We cant save for a down payment because landlords keep jacking up rent.
truth is maybe if folks did legit suffer they’d have more perspective on life. Daddy not buying you a Porsche for your birthday isn’t suffering, Daddy beating you on your birthday for wanting a birthday cake is. And sadly way too many people can’t seem to understand the difference anymore.
Trust me, we have a ton of perspective that anyone who isnt in the bottom 50% of the poverty could never understand. Daddy owns a barely functional truck and has 3 teeth left to chew with. He was a jerk when we were kids, and has calmed the fuck down since he isn’t able to realistically abuse anyone anymore.
Maybe you are too well off from whatever success you had during covid. If you want to be around people who are truly suffering, go volunteer at a food kitchen and feed the homeless.
Lets help people.
You mean people should help you afford recreational drugs and a gaming PC?
You are the problem with the world. It’s ok, you’re in good company though, most folks think exactly the way you do. Everything is about them and their struggles, and nobody had it harder than them. Doesn’t matter if they make 5,000, or 5,000,000 a year… the song and dance is exactly the same. No matter how poor or how rich it’s always ‘give me your money, I deserve it more than you do’.
I have volunteered. A lot of people in those situations are not suffering, they are just piece of shit who have chosen a life of exploitation rather than being productive members of society. A grifter is a grifter, whether they are homeless or Donald Trump.
You sound a lot like Trump, just scale everything up a few powers of ten.
Lol I’m autistic, I’ve never been in touch. I rarely understand what’s going on but I fake it really well!
I concur, but that masking brings so many other issues and stress.
To answer this without a Hall & Oates reference, a younger Gen Z friend of mine was talking to me about looksmaxxing and aurafarming and I just had 0 fucking idea what he was on about.
I then realized I’m out of touch and out of time.
I’m pretty sure the latest episode of South Park explained these concepts. I’m old and miserable, so I feel asleep halfway through.
Looksmaxxing is manosphere shit and aurafarming is just rebranded swagger.
No, it’s the children who are wrong.
I’m a Millennial and I could kinda follow Gen Z humor for the most part, but then Gen alpha came along with Skibidi Toilet. That broke me, I’m… I’m done.
This just cements how chronically online I must be, because as a millennial, I am familiar with E, Ugandan knuckles, and skibidi (watched the whole series)
Yeah gen Alpha stuff is mostly off the rails. I still keep up with the slang and general touchstones though.
Is it really that much worse than the annoying orange and other random YT videos?
Not all of us liked Annoying Orange, but Annoying Orange didn’t get a Hollywood movie either.
No, but it did get a two season TV show.
The children are wrong.
When they started saying “ts”
And ahh instead of ass ._.
Ass-face? Or asshole?
So uh, what’s that?
Means “this”, or maybe “this shit”.
When I could no longer understand the latest online slang, I realized I’m out of touch with whatever the current online generation is (gen alpha?).
I’m out of touch?!
No. It’s the children who are wrong.
If you are an American president children are always right.
And out of time as well.
But I’m outta my head when you’re not around.
When I learned about the 6 7 thing two years after it was a meme.
If it makes you feel any better, your post here and now is the first time I heard of it. No clue what the 6 7 thing is, lol.
Oh good! I’m not alone.
